How Many People Are Named Latif?
people named Latif are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 863,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 411 babies named Latif in Social Security records from 1971 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "gentle, kind" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition اللطيف (al-Latif) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Latif in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Latif alive today is about 28 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Latif first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1991, to 26 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Latif has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,647, in 1991.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,647 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,721 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Latif alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Latif were born in New York than in any other state: about 24 of those alive today.
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